The Latest Breaking News from Uganda

Shortly after his controversial electoral victory in early 2019, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi sought to get his country admitted into the East African Community. Recently, the East African Community ministers recommended the DRC’s admission, a decision set to be formalised by the bloc’s…

Flooding is common in informal settlements in Bwaise, a neighbourhood in the Ugandan capital Kampala. Bwaise’s residents are largely excluded from planning and local decision-making processes, and have poor housing and limited access to sanitation and other essential services.

Ronald Ssegawa said Ugandan security agents pulled him off the streets in January last year, burned him and pulled out his fingernails. His crime: supporting the opposition.

From her infectious laugh to her "can do" spirit, Irene Ocwee Trends is no ordinary educator. The head teacher of Hilder Nursery and Primary school in northern Uganda knew during the first days of the pandemic that schools would be closed for far longer than the three weeks the government…

Amid a worldwide chorus of condemnation against Russia’s war on Ukraine, Africa has remained mostly quiet — a reminder of the Kremlin’s considerable influence over the continent of 1.3 billion people

A Belgian businessman sanctioned by the U.S. over allegations of illicit gold trade in Congo said Friday the action undermines efforts to improve transparency in a region seeing rising official exports of the mineral

Ugandan environmental activists hit out at a mega oil project by TotalEnergies in East Africa. Four leading youth activists were received by the French National Assembly yesterday (Wednesday) to pressure the government to take a stance on the project. Vanessa Nakate, nicknamed the “African Greta Thunberg”, was among them.

Dr Tim Rideout, a member of the SNP's Policy Development Committee, made the comments on Twitter over a row on the Ukrainian refugee crisis.

Ugandan prosecutors on Wednesday charged an author with communications offences and remanded him in custody, the latest target of a crackdown on writers critical of long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni and his government.

The defender will link up with Uganda this month.

In tonight's edition: Human Rights Watch says that Mali's military has killed dozens of people in its crackdown on extremists. Jihadist groups are also accused of ramping up violence since December. Abuses on both sides may amount to war crimes. Plus, women from sub-Saharan Africa who live in Tunisia often…